Background Health communication and interpersonal skills are increasingly emphasized in
the measurement of health care quality, yet there is limited research on the association of …

BACKGROUND: A better understanding of men's attitudes, norms and behaviors regarding
women's use of hormonal contraception is needed. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted …

Background Little is known about what women value in their interactions with family
planning providers and in decision making about contraception. Study Design We …

This paper analyzed the association of social networks with contraceptive use using both
structural and attitudinal properties of social networks. Data were collected from seven …

A 1979 survey among sexually active unmarried black adolescents from Chicago found that
28 percent of the young women and 18 percent of the young men used a contraceptive at …

Background Research suggests the need for improvement in the patient-centeredness and
comprehensiveness of contraceptive counseling. My Birth Control is a tablet-based decision …

Context: While a number of studies have examined the association between individuals'
characteristics and their contraceptive use, few studies have examined the influence of …

Improving communication about sex and birth control between parents and their children
has often been cited as a means to encourage young people to use contraceptives more …

CONTEXT: Few studies have used couple data to identify associations between individual-
and relationship-level characteristics and contraceptive use in urban areas. METHODS …

CONTEXT: Limited research has examined the individual, family and relationship factors
that determine whether teenagers discuss contraception or STDs with their sexual partners …